Hello, I would like to apply to the Google Summer of Code and was looking at VIM. I am enrolled at Youngstown State University and will have completed one year of computer programming at the end of this current semester, though I have been enrolled in the University for several years including a couple in IT with a focus on networking.
The primary language I have studied this year has been C++, but I have also taken courses in shell scripting and COBOL. I am very interested in the C/C++ language and I want to focus primarily on it in my studies. I have also been a VIM users since I switched over to the Linux/Unix world years ago - Red Hat 9 was my first distribution. I am currently using Slackware and NetBSD and still only use VIM as my primary text editor, so I am enthused to be able to help out with it. I know the basics of using VIM, though I am always learning new commands and quicker ways of getting things done with VIM. That being the case, I am still aware the my experience is limited and so I cannot realistically expect to be able to undertake a substantial project and complete it in the time allotted (though, perhaps in a year or two that will be feasible). When I was looking at the list of ideas, I saw that one was fixing bugs. I thought to myself that that would be something that I might be able to help out with. I don't know how many bugs I could potentially resolve in the time of the program, probably it depends on the nature of the bug. So I am posting here to get your opinions on my hopeful ideas about helping out in the SoC. I am enthused about the program and about helping out one of my favorite open source projects. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
